Western Australian Current Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ( GENERAL ) REGULATIONS 2022 - REG 405

405 .         Duty to provide health monitoring before first commencing lead risk work

        (1)         A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must ensure that health monitoring is provided to a worker —

            (a)         before the worker first commences lead risk work for the person; and

            (b)         1 month after the worker first commences lead risk work for the person.

        Penalty for this subregulation:

            (a)         for an individual, a fine of $7 000;

            (b)         for a body corporate, a fine of $35 000.

        (2)         If work is identified as lead risk work after a worker commences the work, the person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure that health monitoring of the worker is provided —

            (a)         as soon as practicable after the lead risk work is identified; and

            (b)         1 month after the first monitoring of the worker under paragraph (a).

        Penalty for this subregulation:

            (a)         for an individual, a fine of $7 000;

            (b)         for a body corporate, a fine of $35 000.